Aviation accidents in El Salvador

The NTSB database holds 23 accidents and incidents in El Salvador, recorded between 1987 to 2026. 10 of them were fatal (43%), and 97 people died.

The deadliest year was 1995, with 65 deaths.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 737, Boeing 757 and Cessna 310.

17 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

43%

Share fatal

1987 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 6 of 23 have coordinates

By decade

1980s 1

1990s 2

2000s 7

2010s 4

2020s 9

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 737 3 Boeing 757 3 Cessna 310 2 Piper PA38 2 Bell UH-1H 1 Piper PA-30 1

Operators involved

Taca International Airlines 1 Academia Superior de Aviacion ASA 1 Jose W. Kreysa-Portillo 1 American Airlines 1 Salvadoran Air Force 1 Centurion Air Cargo, Inc. 1

All 23 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
10 Aug 1995	Boeing 737-200 N125GU	San Vicente, El Salvador no coordinates	Aviateca, SA	Fatal	65
27 Nov 2001	Bell UH-1H 66-16590	El Limon, El Salvador no coordinates	Salvadoran Air Force	Fatal	9
11 Nov 2004	Cessna 310 TG-WOT	San Salvador, El Salvador	-	Fatal	5
9 Sep 2002	Cessna 310R TG-WOT	San Salvador, El Salvador no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
20 Feb 2021	Piper PA-28-140 N95207	Ilopango, El Salvador	-	Fatal	3
11 Jul 2012	Piper PA-30 YS-125P	Soyapango, El Salvador	Escuela de Pilotos Dargonza	Fatal	3
19 Oct 2019	Cessna 172 N7381G	San Salvador, El Salvador	-	Fatal	2
11 Dec 2016	Piper PA38 YS-332-PE	Ingenio La Cabana, El Salvador no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 Oct 2001	Robinson R-22 YS-1020P	San Salvador, El Salvador no coordinates	Jose W. Kreysa-Portillo	Fatal	2
22 Jul 2007	Robinson R22 BETA II HR-ASO	San Salvador, El Salvador no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
1 Mar 2026	Boeing 737-823 N907NN	San Salvador, El Salvador no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
6 Feb 2026	Cessna 150M YS-205PE	San Salvador, El Salvador no coordinates	Academia Superior de Aviacion ASA	No injuries	-
25 Oct 2025	Cessna 210 N9417T	Ilopango, El Salvador no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 Feb 2025	Piper PA38 YS05P	Ilpango,, El Salvador no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
25 Jul 2023	Robinson R44 PNC-04N	Ilopango, El Salvador no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
17 Jul 2023	Boeing 757-232 N684DA	San Salvador, El Salvador	Delta Air Lines Inc	No injuries	-
7 Jul 2022	Boeing 737-924ER N69833	San Salvador, El Salvador	United Airlines Inc	Unknown	-
24 Mar 2021	Boeing 757-24APF N464UP	San Salvador, El Salvador no coordinates	UPS	Unknown	-
27 Dec 2019	Cessna 152 YS-162PE	San Salvador, El Salvador no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 Apr 2002	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40F N141WE	San Salvador, El Salvador no coordinates	Centurion Air Cargo, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Feb 2000	Boeing 757-232 N671DN	San Salvador, El Salvador no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 Apr 1995	Cessna 501 N120ES	San Salvador, El Salvador no coordinates	Taca International Airlines	No injuries	-
23 Dec 1987	Mitsubishi MU-2B-30 N255C	San Salvador, El Salvador no coordinates	Sorelivo Investment, Inc.	No injuries	-